The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-09-15

10 Gov. McEnery Responsible
for the Miserable Condition Of our
State Credit and Finances
A Danger that Threatens the People.
Amiss City IDdepsndsns.l
Mr.. 8. D. McEnery has been Gov
ernor Of Louisiana during two terms,
and he now wants the people to give
him 50 third term"
There is one palpable, fragrant
omission of his duty as Governor,
which ought to defeat hisithird term
aomination, even if his administra-
ton was not responsible for the
Richardson McEnery land grab, the
Rutland Easton 18th section school
fund grab, the 800, 600 Exposition
grab, the VIII Strong ticket money
grab, the Penitentiary-lessee grab,
and other sins of omission and COM
mission, which are charged against
it. That omission of duty is his fail
ure to veto extravagant appropria-
tons, and in fact Ill appropriations of
money over and above the revenues
of the State.
He had the power to do this. Ar
ticle "a of the Constitution of the
State ia as fo11oue.
"IRe Governor shall haue pocer
to disapprove Of awy stem or items Of
u.y 5iW ssaki.g appropriations Of
money, embracing distinct items, and
tho part or parts Of the bill ap-
proved shall be lao, and the item or
ste,Ss Of appropriation disapproued
shall be Uoid, Magess repassed =
over the EGecxtiue reto."
This article put it in Governor
McEnery's power to prevent the ap-
preparation of money when there was
NO money in the States treasury, or
incoming thereto, to pay it Instead
of this, he permitted extravagant
appropriations, and State warrants to
be issaed upon them. when he knew
there was not and never would be, a
dollar of revenue to meet them, and
in consequence we find that thousands
and thousands of the States warrants
are out, all issued since McEnery was
Governor, that never can be paid,
and which have value only in the hope
that the State will issue interest bear.
ing bonds, to take up these warrants,
just MS was done by the robber gov.
ernments Of Warmoth and Kellogg.
This hope Of getting more bonds, and
more interest out of the pockets oil
the people, induces the brokers and
Spectators, who hold these warrants,
to have them quoted as worth nomi.
nally 80 and 40 and 80 cents on the
dollar, as any one can see by looking
at the financial and stock securities
quotations in the New Orleans papers
every day. How can the1 be worth
anything, when there is no money il
the State Treasury, and none due te
it for the purpose of paying these
warrants?
If Gen. Nichols had been Governor
his veto would have kept expenditure,
and appropriations within the reve
nues, and we would not have tb,
wrong and the disgrace of this float
ing debt, which the State canno
meet.
| Here is reputation in it's most un
blushing colors. Here is the destruc
ton of the credit Of the State, anc
Gov. McEnery is responsible, becaus,
the constitution, article "a, gave hin
the power to prevent it. But wors'
than al, there is the danger to the ia,
payers Of the State, if this rapaciou
ring, with Gov. 8. d. McEnery at th
head, are given q third term Of fou
years more to be added to the eigh
years they have already had, that al
these worthless warrants, and all sucl
trash as act SO certificates, bab,
bonds, and their coupons, etc, etc.
will be funded into State bonds, t,
pay the principal and the interest or
which, year by year, for years to come
those who labor and are alread,
"heavy laden will find themselve
taxed until the burden will becom,
intolerable.
| For the wilful omission of his dut,
in this regard, and for the DANCE
with which it menaces us, Governo
McEnery's request for "a third term
should be denied.
Now, as in 1876, the hopes of hon
est men, for honest government ar
conferred upon Francis T. Nichols.
| Mr.. ]. M. Goslin planted this yea
| / Of an acre Of land, on his residence
lot three-quarters of mile from
town. in corn and meas He mn